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Axl Speaks!
It's been a while (9 years!) since Axl Rose last gave an interview, but he's been speaking to Billboard for a little Q&A.
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Promo Promo: Antony + The Johnsons
Pretty freaky new video up for the Antony & The Johnsons single - Epilepsy Is Dancing.
Not surprisingly perhaps, it's directed by the Wackowski Brothers - with help from painters Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paradiso.
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The Futura Is Now
Great article on Wes Anderson's continual use of the lovely Futura font over Mark Simonson's blog. Mark also has a great Flickr set of fonts spotted out in the wild.
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Half Exposed
Attention camera geeks. Check out this dissected Nikon D3 camera.
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Pink Mountaintops are heading Outside Love
New Pink Mountaintops album coming May 5. Great guest list: Sophie Trudeau (A Silver Mt. Zion, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), Ted Bois (Destroyer), Jesse Sykes (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, sunnO)))), Phil Wandscher (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Whiskeytown), Josh Stevenson (Jackie O Motherfucker), Ashley Webber (The Organ, Bonnie Prince Billy), Amber Webber (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust), Matthew Camirand (Black Mountain, Blood Meridian), Joshua Wells (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust), Keith Parry (Superconductor, the Gay), and Tolan McNeil (Caroline Mark).
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J. Tillman
Vacilando Territory Blues
Bella Union
The smart money's currently on band leader Robin Pecknold to excel beyond the Fleet Foxes, but with a whopping six solo albums now under his belt, new arrival J Tillman could well turn out to be the Neil Young of the band - especially when one of his albums is already titled "Long My You Run, J Tillman" - presumably after the mildly lesser-known Neil Young / Stephen Stills album.
Admittedly, some of those 6 albums are low-key, digital only releases - and in fact this record was released some months back in digital formats. Presumably thanks to to the break out success of Fleet Foxes, it's now getting an old school release via the same folks over at Bella Union.
As the drummer, Josh Tillman's contibution to Fleet Foxes may not be too obvious, as it's fair to say they are very much a group performance - all contributing to the full and harmonious sound. However, with the heavy harmonies pushed out of the limelight here, there's a focus on the writing and delivery of a single man. Tillman shows his skills at the front of house, writing, producing and generally playing most of the instruments - in an album that is both melancholic and uplifting.
It's an inconsistent record, maintaining a very eclectic vibe - which is certainly part of the charm. The brass tinged stomp of New Imperial Grand Blues is raw and raucous, No Occasion is sparse and simple, while James Blues offers something a little different through it's delicate piano arrangement - but all are tied together by Tillman's strained vocals. However, without the deliberately sparse atmospherics and continuity of purpose that similar acts have employed (Bon Iver, guilty), the album is a little lost and lacks some of the pace and engagement of Fleet Foxes. While there is little to complain about, there's few big stand-outs - but approached on it's own terms there's plenty to enjoy.
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Bush Map
No, not in the 'map of Tassie' sense. Check out this Google Map of George Bush's Greatest Hits.
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Jim Robinson just popped up in Flight of the Conchords ....as the Australian ambassador. Boom!
7th Feb 2009
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Megamix Paul's Boutique Site up and running for the 20th Anniversary release, complete with videos, free audio commentary of the album, fish and beastie ping pong... do like the look of that 8-ft poster.
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Bale-istic Not That into you
think this one's going to run and run (for another few internet minutes)
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Pinewood
With Pinewood and Shepperton studios set for recognition at the upcoming Baftas The Times have a good, albeit slightly sentimental, write up from Roger Moore on his experiences at the studios over the years.
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Ian McKellan Is Not A Number!
on set video from the new version of The Prisoner
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The Veils
The Macbeth, London
February 5th, 2009
With a follow up to 2006 break-out Nux Vomica in the can and ready to drop in April, The Veils lined up a four night stint across London to road test the new material. We made it along to formerly-out-of-the-way pub The Macbeth in Hoxton in anticipation of catching an early airing of new songs from this great band.
Once the sub-par openers were out of the way, it was pretty clear that the packed-out crowd were here for one reason only - and the show kicked off at a lightening pace. With their recorded material, the emphasis is all on lyrics and vocal deliver, but live on stage the band were a different animal entirely. Dan Raishbrook's outstanding guitar work and cool-as-fuck bassist Sophia Burn really added another dimension to front man Finn Andrews booming band, as they hammered through very promising sounding new material, clearly building on the strengths of Nux Vomica. Old favorites weren't passed over though and Calliope!, Advice For Young Mothers and Not Yet (all available on their www as it happens) met with resounding approval.
Band or no band however, this is clearly Andrews' project - and a mid-set solo number wowed the crown, while another solo encore cemented him as a mesmerising poetic figure. He led the show with style and bumped Sun Gangs onto this year's 'most anticipated' list.
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Star Status: Quentin Tarantino
So, should we be getting excited about Inglorious Basterds or not? Let's see what the Chimpomatic Star Status Movie Maths Generator has to say about Quentin Tarantino's career so far...
Remember, it's 10 points for a Hit, 5 for a Maybe and 1 for a Miss... No TV movies, just cinema releases to date. NOTE: We're using the special QQQ factor on this one (Quentin Quality Qualifier), which allows the Generator to separate out his acting performance from the overall quality of the film.
Actor:
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) .... Ringo MISS
Planet Terror (2007) .... Rapist #1/Zombie eating road kill MISS
Death Proof (2007) .... Warren MISS
Little Nicky (2000) .... Deacon MISS
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Richard Gecko MISS
Dance Me to the End of Love (1995) .... Groom MISS
Four Rooms (1995) .... Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood") MISS
Desperado (1995) .... Pick-Up Guy MISS
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) .... Johnny Destiny MISS
Somebody to Love (1994) .... Bartender MISS
Sleep with Me (1994) .... Sid MISS
Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Jimmie Dimmick MISS
Reservoir Dogs (1992) .... Mr. Brown MISS
Eddie Presley (1992) .... Asylum Attendant MISS
Writer/Director:
Death Proof (2007) (written by) MISS
Grindhouse (2007) (written by) (segment "Death Proof") MISS
Sin City (2005) (special guest director) HIT
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) HIT
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) HIT
Jackie Brown (1997) HIT
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) HIT
Four Rooms (1995) (written by) (segment "The Man From Hollywood") MISS
Natural Born Killers (1994) (story) HIT
Pulp Fiction (1994) (stories) (written by) HIT
True Romance (1993) (written by) MAYBE
Reservoir Dogs (1992) Director HIT
HIT 8
MISS 17
MAYBE 1
So that's 102 points out of a possible 260
Quentin Tarantino: you have scored 39.2%
Doesn't look like he's "acting" in Inglourious Basterds though, so it might be OK. If you dare make a purchase, you can do so here, allowing Chimpomatic to profit from his loss. Check back soon for more Star Status movie maths. Same Chimp Channel, same Chimp Time...
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Promo Promo: The Kills - Black Balloon
Glad to see somebody's still using Super 8.
New Kills EP Black Balloon out March 23rd.
1 – Black Balloon
2 – Crazy (cover) – iTunes session
3 – Kissy Kissy – iTunes session
4 – Sour Cherry – iTunes session
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Together We Can Forge A Better America
1977 anti-costumed vigilante government warning from Watchmen. Heard a great rumour that Bob Dylan's let them use a new version of The Times They Are A Changing for the opening sequence - and that the All Along The Watchtower moment ("Two riders were approaching/ and the wind began to howl...") does have Bob on the soundtrack as well
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A White Antelope
It's not just J Tillman that's got a Fleet Foxes side-project on the go, front man Robin Pecknold has a myspace page up for his new project A White Antelope. Quite a weird blend of medieval imagery and chit chat stolen from Lost.
Apparently it's going to be a place for cover versions and what not, and one of the tracks up at the moment (False Knight On The Road) appears on Bella Union's recent deluxe edition of Fleet Foxes - along with all the tracks from the excellent Sun Giant EP.
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John Frusciante Bonus List
The comments seem to have slowed - so as promised, here's a mini bonus-list to accompany CJ's excellent John Frusciante Cheat Sheet from a couple of weeks back.
This list is a little heavy on tracks from the excellent Shadows Collide With People - but if you're going to to start with one album that's probably the one you want....
Song To Sing When I'm Lonely
From Shadows Collide WIth People
The Past Recedes
From Curtains
Fallout
From To Record Only Water For Ten Days
Carvel
From Shadows Collide WIth People
Anne
From Curtains
Omission
From Shadows Collide WIth People
Time Tonight
From Curtains
In Relief
From Shadows Collide WIth People
Repeating
From DC EP
...and let's not forget that John has a fantastic new album, of from which many songs should make this list. For now:
Central
From The Empyrean
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Find Any Film
the Film Council have launched Find Any Film.com which lets you, er, find any film that's on in the UK in all usual available formats
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Wack-een Phoenix?
has Joaquin Phoenix really given up acting for rapping? or is it all a big situationist art prank? oooh he's a crafty one. nice beard though
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Andrew Bird
Noble Beast
Bella Union
In recent years there has been an endless stream of male singer/songwriters oozing out gentle melodies plucked from delicate guitars and swirling with rich, textural strings and I'm quite honestly bored of the lot of them. Andrew Bird, however, provides exactly what i've just described but has always stood head and shoulders above the rest. His 2007 album Armchair Apocrypha won him critical acclaim across the board and topped many 'best of' lists that year. It was the album that lifted his sound way above his previous work and uncovered a wealth of ideas that had until then remained relatively unexplored. Noble Beast does however return somewhat to the earlier, less flamboyant sound of albums like Weather Systems. It's much more subdued in both tone and scale compared to Armchair Apocrypha but like all his work it is filled with warmth and a musical texture that surpasses most.
As a multi-instrumentalist, Bird meticulously constructs the densest musical backgrounds and Noble Beast excels in this area. With some of the skyward intentions toned down here compared to 2007 each song is given the time and space to explore this multi-layered and rich texture. This beauty is seen from the very first note. Opener Oh No introduces this record with Birds trademark whistles and assumes a rather jovial, jaunty tempo while dealing with the theme of pure terror. Inspired by a flight he took while sat next to a wailing child Bird says of the experience "I was struck by the mournfulness of this kid's wail. He just kept crying 'Oh no' in a way that only someone who is certain of their own demise could." And here lies the dichotomy in Birds work and one of the many answers to my earlier question of why he stands so proud of his singer/songwriter piers. Musically this album drips with cosy warmth and yet features some of his most deranged lyrical content ever. Stories of kittens with pleurisy and grown men living inside his body Bird creates here a work of infinitely evolving detail.
This record has some of the longest songs he's ever made. At over six and a half minutes Masterswarm frequently changes direction and with the luxury of time manages to drift off into blissful instrumental segments ultimately fading out to the sound of the rhythmic handclap beat as filtered through an effects program that could be from the Thom Yorke portfolio. Many of these songs feature Bird's enthusiasm for subtle experimentation such as this. Not A Robot, But A Ghost has some gloriously intricate and homemade percussion as its rhythm section that morphs with twitchy laptop beats to form a driving swarm of rhythm that propels the song along at a pace that the afore mentioned Thom Yorke would be proud to call his own.
Recorded partly in Nashville and partly at the Wilco Loft in Chicago this record couldn't fail to be a triumph, and a triumph it certainly is. It's slow burning but its depths are unfathomable at this early stage. It's a worthy follow up to 2007's impressive work and features some of this artists finest compositions. Some of them are so perfect they are in danger of being consumed by the advertising monsters but the ones that escape this pitfall will stick with you for a very long time.
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Read more 4 star reviewsCoppola's "Youth Without Youth" is a strange beast indeed. Like an episode of "How We Used To Live" in the school TV room.
3rd Feb 2009
Read on TwitterWorld Cinema
great selection of alternative movie posters from around the world over at Cracked.com - would like to see these versions...
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What's On Catchup
been waiting for someone to put all the catch-up TV in the UK together in one handy site - and what do you know? it's What's On TV that seems to have the jump on everyone... (ps anyone else notice that five - sorry - "FIVE" had got their own iPlayer?)
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Trailer Park: Super Bowl Selection
snowed in? why not catch up on this year's Super Bowl selection of trailers - including a warp speed five Star Trek, Jack Black and Michael Cera's new caveman romp Year One, Will Ferrell and Anna Friel in Land Of The Lost ("Space-Time vortexes suck") and more big dumb truck monster action in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
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Wiki v Burj Dubai
think the wiki monkeys have been tampering with the Burj Dubai entry...
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Adverse Weather Conditions
The UK was hit by "adverse weather conditions" today, as 8 inches of snow embarrassingly laid the nation's capital to waste like a single stone from David's catapult.
Just in case you didn't notice, it's your lucky day - as every amateur photographer was out capturing exciting images of stuff covered in snow, as the 65,000+ images at Flickr can testify. Here's my selection.
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iPhoto '09
I've got my mitts on a copy of the latest version of iPhoto - Apple's photo management software, and I'm loving it. It's got three great new bonus features: Maps, Syncing and Faces.
Geotagging has been picking up momentum for a while now - and with more and more phones and cameras coming with built-in GPS, it's only going to get bigger. Geotagged photos are now all pulled together on a map, with the co-ordinates reverse coded to show location names, allowing you to search for places and find photos taken there. Pretty nifty. Adding locations isn't a big feature yet, but any locations added in Flickr can be synced using the next new feature.
Just when PhotoCopy had launched their excellent Flickr syncing program, Apple have added Flickr-syncing to the mothership - and it works perfectly. Any set of photos can be used to create a Flickr set, which then uploads to your chosen account. Any changes made to the set or the photos (adding tags, changing title etc) are automatically updated online, and even more impressively any changes made online are synced back to the program.
With more and more services becoming available to run sophisticated photo sites using Flickr (1, 2, 3), anyone can now manage a detailed photo site using just iPhoto.
Here's an example using the Chimp surveillance data.
Finally, iPhoto now uses facial recognition. If you saw this on CSI you would dismiss it as implausible, but it actually works incredibly well. As you first set it up, it scans through your library and marks any faces it thinks it has found. You can then click these and add a name - and as the names build up, the program quickly suggests other photos with that person in. It's right maybe 70% of the time, which makes tagging these photos super easy. You can then search your library for a name, and bingo - all the photos of one person in one place. The tagged photos work pretty much like Facebook's photo tagging, so as expected you can now upload directly to Facebook, keeping all that data in place.
I wasn't intending this to sound like a software review, but there's no denying how it's turned out. The best photo management album out there just got way better.
CSF - 4.5 Stars
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Zero Boys
Vicious Circle
Secretly Canadian
While LA, NYC and DC drew the main focus of the punk and hardcore scenes of 80's America, the Zero Boys sprouted out of Indianapolis, Indiana. With Indiana-based label Secretly Canadian re-releasing debut album Vicious Circle, the opportunity has also been taken to release History Of..., which is billed as a lost second album. The disc compiles EP Livin' In The 80's with other tracks from the time - and between them the two discs cover the entire recorded output from the bands '79-'83 period, after which they disbanded.
From the opening track, the Vicious Circle album is a pogo-tastic affair, with the title track doing away with much intro before the explosive guitar and pounding bass hammer home. Livin In The 80's provides one of the band's most memorable songs, while the sentiment of tracks like Drug Free Youth and Down The Drain is pretty clear.
Lyrically it's far from challenging - and if someone is having a "needly stuck in their brain", you can be sure they're going to be "going insane" by the end of the verse. What the lyrics do successfully though, is to transplant the aggressive sound of UK punk into a US setting - capturing a time and a place perfectly. The 'big issues' of bands like the Sex Pistols (anarchy, anti-monarchy, the usual) are translated into issues with more connection to the Repoman-loving, car fixing, skateboarding, disassociated youth of suburban Indiana. Not being able to get booze, working a nine to five and looking forward to the weekend are the hot topics here and that connection to the youth of America was a recipe for success, as the skate-punk sound exploded through the US at the start of the 80's. Bands like 7 Seconds, Youth Brigade and Black Flag developed the hardcore sound that would become such a thriving industry - creating a climate where bands like Green Day could eventually bring their punk-inspired sound into the arena-filling mainstream.
There's little notable evolution by the time we move onto the long-lost History Of album, with many of the tracks still in something of a demo form. There's actually a touch of country influence here and there which softens the sound a little - adding a nice rolling vibe to the music, making it more accessible that some of the more hardcore-leanings of a lot of the early American punk bands. The dated production let's things down a little, with some of the kick seemingly missing from the sound - where these days you would expect a solid, booming bottom end. As a document of the developing hardcore scene however, there's plenty to enjoy - and you can clearly trace the roots of many of the influential bands that evolved from this pioneering sound.
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Read more 3.5 star reviewsIf Jon Voight is Nic Cage's dad in National Treasure AND Lara Croft's dad, does that mean they are brother and sister?
31st Jan 2009
Read on TwitterNow I'm laughing at Philip Seymour Hoffman playing a 'dude. He could be in Harry Knowles, the Movie.
31st Jan 2009
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Interview: White Denim
Last year saw many bands introduce themselves with impressive debuts, but few were as infectious and exciting as Workout Holiday, the first LP by Austin's White Denim. It was a total shambles of a record darting from one idea to the next and threatened to collapse under it's own weight all the time, but it was electrifying. Chimpomatic managed to have a quick word with bassist Steve Tere... read article
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Colbert v McCartney
the "Fighting Walrus" gets the Colbert treatment
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It's in custard Richard, custard.
Some times you have to go with the flow and run a piece on a viral email joke.
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More Martyn
Dr Chimp passed on another sublime John Martyn moment... great bass from Danny Thompson here too
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Phonographantasmascope
the perfect invention for all those times when you've been wondering what do to with your decks, and secretly wishing that the art of the zoetrope would make a comeback...
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Phosphorescent
To Willie
Dead Oceans
In 1975 Willie Nelson released To Lefty, From Willie, 10 songs in which Nelson pays tribute to Lefty Frizell, picking 10 of his favorite songs and reinterpreting them in his own unique way. Well now, with To Willie, Matthew Houck aka Phosphorescent returns the favour, with 11 Willie Nelson songs that have been transformed like only Houck can.
Following on from 2007's breakthrough and utterly beguiling Pride, Houck follows a relatively straightforward path with these songs. Pride was unrelenting in both mood and length with many songs passing the six minute mark. It was definitely an album dedicated to mood and would expand from its claustrophobic cage of fear and paranoia to absolute bliss and euphoria. To Willie is much more upbeat and follows the regular song format. That being said it's simply dripping with delicate beauty and fragile devotion.
Houck's live renditions of many of Pride's greatest songs were much more fleshed out and rounded. To Willie seems to be the result of those live experiments. They emerge with a new confidence and don't sound like cover versions in the slightest. They sound lived in and weathered and their gentle harmonies and tales of love are all delivered with Houck's gruff, creaking voice. This record flows with a warmth that rarely showed its face on Pride's hollow and ghostly recordings. Songs like Reasons To Quit and I Gotta Get Drunk are full of a soulful groove that one would not associate with this songwriter. The overall tempo of this record is an instant surprise but Houck's hungover vocals lace it with a narcotic lethargy that unites it perfectly with his previous work. Can I Sleep In Your Arms breathes the vast chords of gathered harmonies that haunted Pride and Heartaches Of A Fool transforms Nelsons original into a cavernous and heart-wrenching moment of arresting beauty.
To Willie is quite a departure for Houck, but showcases an ability to adapt another artists material to his utterly unique vision. His work groans with an effortless power and that is what makes this recording both a loving and honest tribute to a much revered legend and a confident, gripping and beautiful piece of new work by a talent to keep a firm eye on.
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Star Status: Nicole Kidman
I love to dance! Is her best film an ad? It's time to find out with this week's instalment of the Chimpomatic Star Status Movie Maths Generator!
Remember: it's 10 points for a Hit, 5 for a Maybe and 1 for a Miss... No TV movies, just cinema releases to date.
Australia (2008) .... Lady Sarah Ashley - MISS
The Golden Compass (2007) .... Mrs. Coulter MAYBE
Margot at the Wedding (2007) .... Margot MAYBE
The Invasion (2007) .... Carol Bennell MISS
Happy Feet (2006) (voice) .... Norma Jean MAYBE
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) .... Diane Arbus HIT
Bewitched (2005) .... Isabel Bigelow / Samantha MISS
The Interpreter (2005) .... Silvia Broome MISS
Birth (2004) .... Anna MAYBE
The Stepford Wives (2004) .... Joanna Eberhart MISS
Cold Mountain (2003) .... Ada Monroe MAYBE
The Human Stain (2003) .... Faunia Farley MISS
Dogville (2003) .... Grace Margaret Mulligan HIT
The Hours (2002) .... Virginia Woolf HIT
Birthday Girl (2001) .... Sophia, alias Nadia MAYBE
The Others (2001) .... Grace Stewart HIT
Moulin Rouge! (2001) .... Satine HIT
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .... Alice Harford MAYBE
Practical Magic (1998) .... Gillian Owens MISS
The Peacemaker (1997) .... Dr. Julia Kelly HIT
The Leading Man (1996) .... Academy Awards Presenter MAYBE
The Portrait of a Lady (1996) .... Isabel Archer MISS
Batman Forever (1995) .... Dr. Chase Meridian MISS
To Die For (1995) .... Suzanne Stone Maretto HIT
My Life (1993/I) .... Gail Jones MAYBE
Malice (1993) .... Tracy Kennsinger MISS
Far and Away (1992) .... Shannon Christie MAYBE
Billy Bathgate (1991) .... Drew Preston MAYBE
Flirting (1991) .... Nicola HIT
Days of Thunder (1990) .... Dr. Claire Lewicki MAYBE
Dead Calm (1989) .... Rae Ingram HIT
Emerald City (1988) .... Helen MAYBE
Watch the Shadows Dance aka Nightmaster (1987) .... Amy Gabriel MISS
The Bit Part (1987) .... Mary McAllister MAYBE
Windrider (1986) .... Jade MISS
Wills & Burke (1985) .... Julia Matthews MISS
Bush Christmas (1983) .... Helen MISS
BMX Bandits (1983) .... Judy HIT
HIT 10
MISS 14
MAYBE 14
So out of a possible 380 that’s 184
Nicole Kidman: you have scored 48.42%
If you dare make a purchase, you can do so here, allowing Chimpomatic to profit from her loss. Check back next Thursday for more Star Status movie maths. Same Chimp Channel, same Chimp Time...
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Van Morrison v Voiceover Guy
weird hearing Voiceover Guy bigging up the new live version of Astral Weeks out Feb 9
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Wilco en Espana
Wilco are heading over Europe for some dates in May and June ....but so far that only includes Spain and one night in Portugal. Madrid's show is at the Teatro Calderon on Friday May 26th, priced from 55 euros and up. Ouch.
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Scarlett Johansson vs Jeff Buckley
Scarlett Johansson has mastered Tom, now she's having a crack at Jeff...
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Promo Promo: Eugene McGuinness
Nice stop-motion promo up for Eugene McGuiness's track Fonz. Glad someone is still using the art to good effect. With a digital camera you can make an HD stop-motion promo for next to nothing.
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D9
couple of those interactive WTF sites popping up for a new Peter Jackson-produced sci-fi called D9 - some peaceful living guidelines for human/non-human life over at Multi-National United
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